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Specifications
- Assay Type:Competitive
- Description:Testosterone ELISA
- Sample type:Serum
- Detection range:0.083 – 16 ng/ml
- Application:Fertility/Pregnancy
- Regulatory status:FDA Regulated; CE Approved
- Cat. no.:75871-120
- Supplier No.:EIA-1559
- No. of Tests:96 Wells
Specifications
About this item
An enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative measurement of testosterone in serum and plasma.
- High quality assays with reproducible and reliable results
- Ready-to-use reagents with internal controls
- Very good precision and sensitivity
- Short assay time and incubation steps at room temperature
- Simple and technician friendly tests
Testosterone (17β-hydroxy-4-androstene-3-one) is a C19 steroid with an unsaturated bond between C‑4 and C‑5, a ketone group in C‑3 and a hydroxyl group in the β position at C‑17
The DRG Testosterone ELISA Kit is a solid phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), based on the principle of competitive binding. The microtiter wells are coated with a monoclonal [mouse] antibody directed towards an unique antigenic site on the Testosterone molecule. Endogenous Testosterone of a sample competes with a Testosterone horseradish peroxidase conjugate for binding to the coated antibody. After incubation the unbound conjugate is washed off. The amount of bound peroxidase conjugate is reverse proportional to the concentration of Testosterone in the sample. After addition of the substrate solution, the intensity of color developed is reverse proportional to the concentration of Testosterone in the sample.
This steroid hormone has a molecular weight of 288.47. Testosterone is the most important androgen secreted into the blood. In males, testosterone is secreted primarily by the Leydig cells of the testes; in females ca. 50% of circulating testosterone is derived from peripheral conversion of androstenedione, ca. 25% from the ovary and ca. 25% from the adrenal glands. Testosterone is responsible for the development of secondary male sex characteristics and its measurements are helpful in evaluating the hypogonadal states. In women, high levels of testosterone are generally found in hirsutism and virilization, polycystic ovaries, ovarian tumors, adrenal tumors and adrenal hyperplasia. In men, high levels of testosterone are associated to the hypothalamic pituitary unit diseases, testicular tumors, congenital adrenal hyperplasia and prostate cancer. Low levels of testosterone can be found in patients with the following diseases: Hypopituitarism, Klinefelter's syndrome, Testicular feminization, Orchidectomy and Cryptorchidism, enzymatic defects and some autoimmune diseases.